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State law requires control measures on infested property. But chemical spraying, the only real choice in some areas, disturbs environmentalists. They say the more effective pesticides can wipe out virtually all insects in an area and may also threaten drought-weakened wildlife. Organic farmers fear that the chemicals will taint their crops, shutting them out of a lucrative market. Yet if nothing is done soon, the problems could multiply: the maturing locusts are expected to lay more eggs in August...
...been able to cope with the chilled water plant and MATEP [the Medical Area Total Energy Plant]," said Zeckhauser. "It gets harder as the week goes on, but I haven't heard any discussion [about closing down]," she said...
Although Boston's unseasonably mild winter caused many this year to worry that the summer would break all records for the area's hottest, meteorologist Jeffrey S. Waldstreicher of the National Weather Service said there is little cause to worry...
...many area merchants, the high temperatures proved a blessing...
Environmental experts said that the current heat wave is far less damaging than last summer's. Although two heat-related deaths were reported Wednesday in Quincy, the shorter duration of this heat wave has put less strain on area residents, according to Dr. Peter J. Zuromskis, a clinical advisor to environmental health and safety at University Health Services...